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Table 3 Health-related quality of life in different levels of physical activity and sedentary time among CSs without CCD (n = 388)

From: The association between physical activity, sedentary time and health-related quality of life in cancer survivors

Scales

Physical activity

Sedentary time

Mean (SD)

Adjusted mean difference of scores (95% CI)

Mean (SD)

Adjusted mean difference of scores (95% CI)

Low (n = 73)

Moderate (n = 101)

Pa

High (n = 214)

Pa

< 4 h/d (n = 223)

4–6 h/d (n = 130)

Pa

≥ 6 h/d (n = 35)

Pa

EORTC QLQ-C30

 Physical function

80.10 ± 19.04

2.58(− 1.89, 7.06)

0.257

6.07(2.16, 9.97)

0.002

84.98 ± 14.97

− 0.23(− 3.27, 2.80)

0.880

− 5.13(− 14.83, 4.56)

0.298

 Role function

94.71 ± 11.30

− 1.78(− 5.90, 2.33)

0.395

0.36(− 3.24, 3.97)

0.843

95.27 ± 11.51

− 1.33(− 4.07, 1.41)

0.340

− 4.94(− 13.82, 3.94)

0.275

 Emotional function

82.83 ± 18.37

2.28(− 2.52, 7.08)

0.351

7.50(3.29, 11.70)

0.001

88.60 ± 15.44

− 0.90(− 4.11, 2.32)

0.583

− 6.15(− 16.57, 4.27)

0.247

 Cognitive function

79.31 ± 18.93

1.98(− 3.44, 7.41)

0.473

5.31(0.56, 10.06)

0.029

83.69 ± 18.11

− 0.17(− 3.79, 3.44)

0.925

− 0.95(− 12.67, 10.78)

0.874

 Social function

79.52 ± 23.43

0.66(− 5.94, 7.26)

0.845

4.96(− 0.82, 10.74)

0.093

84.49 ± 20.51

− 2.44(− 6.85, 1.96)

0.276

− 13.47(− 27.75, 0.81)

0.064

 Global health/QoL

74.28 ± 25.51

0.72(− 5.83, 7.27)

0.830

4.43(− 1.31, 10.16)

0.130

77.60 ± 21.30

− 0.40(− 4.79, 3.99)

0.859

− 8.31(− 22.55, 5.93)

0.252

 Fatigue

26.10 ± 20.55

1.39(− 4.74, 7.52)

0.656

− 3.46(− 8.83, 1.91)

0.206

22.57 ± 20.03

3.07(− 0.99, 7.14)

0.138

7.02(− 6.16, 20.20)

0.296

 Nausea and vomiting

5.65 ± 18.81

− 3.16(− 6.49, 0.18)

0.064

− 3.04(− 5.96, − 0.12)

0.041

3.28 ± 12.28

− 1.04(− 3.28, 1.20)

0.361

3.64(− 3.60, 10.89)

0.323

 Pain

13.13 ± 18.61

− 0.67(− 5.70, 4.35)

0.792

− 3.16(− 7.56, 1.25)

0.159

10.11 ± 16.39

0.02(− 3.35, 3.38)

0.993

7.24(− 3.66, 18.15)

0.192

 Dyspnoea

11.19 ± 17.70

0.03(− 5.32, 5.38)

0.992

− 2.14(− 6.82, 2.54)

0.370

8.34 ± 16.00

2.34(− 1.22, 5.90)

0.197

11.41(− 0.15, 22.96)

0.053

 Insomnia

22.34 ± 29.23

− 0.83(− 9.02, 7.35)

0.842

− 4.96(− 12.13, 2.22)

0.175

17.17 ± 24.92

2.99(− 2.44, 8.43)

0.279

1.40(− 16.21, 19.01)

0.876

 Appetite loss

12.66 ± 23.78

− 4.51(− 9.84, 0.81)

0.097

− 6.41(− 11.08, − 1.75)

0.007

6.61 ± 17.12

0.57(− 2.97, 4.12)

0.750

3.69(− 7.81, 15.19)

0.529

 Constipation

8.89 ± 20.50

2.36(− 3.46, 8.18)

0.426

− 1.23(− 6.33, 3.87)

0.636

7.59 ± 16.43

1.89(− 1.99, 5.78)

0.338

10.62(− 1.97, 23.20)

0.098

 Diarrhea

7.98 ± 15.84

− 1.36(− 6.22, 3.50)

0.583

− 1.15(− 5.41, 3.11)

0.596

7.78 ± 16.81

− 2.02(− 5.26, 1.22)

0.222

− 0.70(− 11.21, 9.82)

0.897

 Financial difficulties

31.78 ± 31.15

0.77(− 8.56, 10.11)

0.871

− 4.46(− 12.64, 3.71)

0.284

27.23 ± 30.56

0.66(− 5.59, 6.92)

0.835

13.02(− 7.27, 33.30)

0.208

  1. Italic face P < 0.05
  2. CS cancer survivor, CCD comorbid chronic disease
  3. aAdjusted for gender, age, BMI, education, marital status, household per capita income, time since diagnosis, recurrence, and metastasis